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Abel A. Hunter, the Glossary

Abel Aken Hunter (September 18, 1877 – April 6, 1935) was an American botanist that collected and cataloged Panamanian orchids and a member of orchid hunting expeditions.^[1]

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Missouri Botanical Garden people
Orchids of Panama

American Orchid Society

The American Orchid Society (AOS) is a horticultural society for education, conservation, and research of orchids.

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Americans

Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States.

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Boquete, Chiriquí

Boquete is a small mountain town in Panama.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.

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Caldera River

The Caldera River (Rio Caldera) is a river of Panama.

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Carroll William Dodge

Carroll William Dodge (January 20, 1895 – July 21, 1988) was an American mycologist and lichenologist.

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Catasetum, abbreviated as Ctsm. in horticultural trade, is a genus of showy epiphytic Orchids, family Orchidaceae, subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Cymbidieae, subtribe Catasetinae, with currently 200 accepted species, many of which are highly prized in horticulture.

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Charles Wesley Powell

Charles Wesley Powell (May 5, 1854 – August 18, 1927) was an American hobbyist turned horticulturist specializing in the study of orchids (Orchidaceae). Abel A. Hunter and Charles Wesley Powell are Missouri Botanical Garden people and orchids of Panama.

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Chiriquí Province

Chiriquí is a province of Panama located on the western coast; it is the second most developed province in the country, after the Panamá Province.

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Coclé Province

Coclé is a province of central Panama on the nation's southern coast.

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Cycnoches

Cycnoches, abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico.

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David, Chiriquí

David, known as David City in colonial times, is a city and corregimiento in the west of Panama.

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Dugout canoe

A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree.

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Dysentery

Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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Epiphyte

An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.

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FamilySearch

FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Grand Island, Nebraska

Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Harvard University Herbaria

The Harvard University Herbaria and Botanical Museum are institutions located on the grounds of Harvard University at 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Herbarium

A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political, non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship.

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Julian Alfred Steyermark

Julian Alfred Steyermark (January 27, 1909 – October 15, 1988) was a Venezuelan American botanist. Abel A. Hunter and Julian Alfred Steyermark are Missouri Botanical Garden people.

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Knights of Pythias

The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded in Washington, D.C., on.

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Lancaster County, Nebraska

Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska.

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Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County.

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List of orchidologists

This is a list of orchidologists, botanists specializing in the study of orchids.

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Madden Dam

Madden Dam, completed in 1935, impounds the Chagres River in Panama to form Lake Alajuela, a reservoir that is an essential part of the Panama Canal watershed.

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Maxillaria

Maxillaria, abbreviated as Max in the horticultural trade, is a large genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae).

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Mendota, Illinois

Mendota is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, in the state's north-central region.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative

The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative is a collaborative effort that expands the amount of information available online about Missouri's past.

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Mormodes

Mormodes, abbreviated as Morm. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of approximately 70-80 species of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids native to Mexico, Central America and South America.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nebraska State Journal

The Nebraska State Journal (NSJ), also known as Lincoln Nebraska State Journal, was a daily newspaper published from 1867 through 1951.

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North Platte, Nebraska

North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States.

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Orchid hunting

Orchid hunting is the search for orchid plants in the wild.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Panama Canal Zone

The Panama Canal Zone (Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979.

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Paul H. Allen

Paul Hamilton Allen (1911–1963) was an American botanist noted for his work on the ecology of Central America, orchid systematics and economically important species including bananas. Abel A. Hunter and Paul H. Allen are Missouri Botanical Garden people.

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Plantation

Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on.

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Robert Allen Rolfe

Robert Allen Rolfe (1855, Wilford, Nottinghamshire – 1921, Richmond, Surrey) was an English botanist specialising in the study of orchids.

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The Plant List

The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010.

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Tropicos

Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotropical realm (Central, and South America).

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_A._Hunter

Also known as Abel Hunter.

, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Veraguas Province, Washington University in St. Louis.

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Missouri Botanical Garden people

Orchids of Panama

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